# \*kinor- 'lyre'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: lyre, harp
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/K0097_lyre.md

## In Linear A

- [KI-\*310-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-*310-RE/index.md>) (kinnār): lyre (Hebrew kinnōr כִּנּוֹר)

## Notes

Akk. kinnāru, at Mari and Ras Shamra, is a West Semitic word (CAD K 387).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kinnāru (CAD K 387; HALOT 484) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: gi-na-rúm, gi-na-lum, gi-na-ru₁₂-um /kinnārum/ (VE 572; Krebernik 1983, 21); gi-na-ru₁₂-um, gi-na-lum, gi-na-rúm /kinnār/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 312) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: knr (DNWSI 520) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root knr]
- Hebrew: kinnowr 'lyre' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root knr]
- Ugaritic: knr 'harp' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root knr]
- Syrian Aramaic: kennārā (HALOT 484)
- Amorite: kinnāru (Streck 2000, 102; Streck 2011, 367) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: ki-in-na-ru /kinnāru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 98) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.